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2010-12-30
Kennedy Center Honorees at The White House 2010
President Obama greets the 2010 Kennedy Center Honorees at the White House - Merle Haggard, Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, Bill T. Jones, and Jerry Herman
2010-12-28
2010-12-25
Spectacular Christmas Trees
Moscow, Russia
A Christmas tree on Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral in the background on Dec. 2
Image: Mikhail Metzel / AP Photo
Spectacular Christmas Trees
2010-12-22
Navy Admiral Mike Mullen Holiday Message
Chairman’s Corner: Happy Holidays
By Navy Adm. Mike Mullen
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2010 – As our Nation celebrates this holiday season, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen serve around the world in Afghanistan, Iraq, and a multitude of other locations, protecting all of us. Thanks to your commitment – and sacrifice – our friends and families can enjoy the good tidings long associated with this most meaningful time of the year.
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Defense.gov News Article: Chairman’s Corner: Happy Holidays
2010-12-15
The Life Line of Clean Water
UNHCR Field Officer speaks about the urgent water needs in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda. Children are walking up to 5km each day to collect water for them and their families.
2010-12-05
Share the Story: Volunteering for the MDGs
'We can meet the Millennium Development Goals, but it will require the engagement of millions of people through volunteer action.' That's the message behind the online film festival to celebrate International Volunteer Day (IVD) in 2010. The festival will be hosted on December 4. Check out the promo clip. What's your volunteering story?
2010-12-04
Understanding the Equality Act 2010
Watch a short introduction to the Equality Act 2010, presented by our Chair Trevor Phillips and Stephen Alambritis, Commissioner.
Forbes Solicitors - Equality Act 2010 Seminar Summary Video
Forbes Solicitors
A short web video produced for our client Forbes Solicitors http://www.forbessolicitors.co.uk/ at their 'Equality Act Explained' Seminar. The film features an interview with Peter Byrne, Partner and Head of Employment, who summaries the key points that employers need to consider in the new Equal
2010-12-02
ANGELINA JOLIE " Where hope survives."
Since early 2001, renowned American actress Angelina Jolie has travelled the world with UNHCR to help refugees. She has worked with field staff and met with refugees in over 20 countries.
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A FOCUS BEYOND
Israel 21c
Observations From Iraq, Iran, Israel , the Arab World and Beyond.
BABYLON & BEYOND
Etymological Dictionary of Grasses
Eight years of research were required to compile this elaborate interactive glossary of more than 13,000 terms. A multimedia introductory section explains the general rules of taxonomy and the naming of these organisms that are of key importance to agriculture.
Five Kingdoms A Multimedia Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth
An expert overview of our planet’s biodiversity: the kingdoms of bacteria, protoctista, fungi, plants and animals.
An Interactive Education Tool for Secondary Schools and Undergraduate University Teaching
Mutations - Mutations - changes to the gene make-up of an organism - are hugely important. They are responsible for all the genetic variation in humans and other species thus allowing evolutionary changes to take place. Mutations is a comprehensive program in which the types, origins and consequences of both gene (DNA) and chromosome mutations are introduced.
Arthropods of Economic Importance Diaspididae of the World
Armoured scale insects are important agricultural, horticultural and forestry pests that are difficult to identify.
Yeasts of the World Morphology, physiology, sequences and identification
Yeasts are not only essential for the production of bread, beer and wine, but also play a major role in many more modern industrial processes, such as the production of enzymes, pigments, antioxydants etc. Moreover many yeasts are important as human pathogens, or as spoilage organisms in the food industry.
Interactive Guide to Mushrooms and other Fungi
Information on nearly 900 mushrooms found in Britain and the continental lowlands.
Fish Eggs and Larvae from Asian Mangrove Waters
Fish Eggs and Larvae from Asian Mangrove Waters
Harmful Marine Dinoflagellates
This treatise represents a comprehensive, up-to-date multifunctional dinoflagellate identification database featuring information on 69 species of harmful marine dinoflagellates and associated species present in the world's oceans. This database includes 44 toxin-producing species, brevetoxins, saxitoxins and ciguatoxins, and seven nuisance species that produce 'red tides' often resulting in massive sea life mortalities. In addition to the species description, information is available on the morphology, reproduction, ecology, toxicity, and habitat and locality for each species. A comprehensive glossary of more than 120 related scientific terms, and an extensive literature reference collection containing about 500 citations is included. There are nearly 600 figures illustrating every species via scanning electron micrographs (60%), light micrographs 120%), and/or line drawings (20%). The matrix-based identification key allows for multiple entry of characters to facilitate fast and effective diagnosis of a given species.
Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean
World Biodiversity Database electronic series
Lemurs of Madagascar and the Comoros
Lemurs are threatened species and occur only on Madagascar and the Comoros. Detailed information is offered on this CD of 61 (sub) species and 34 higher taxa, with colour drawings, photos, film-shots and sounds.
DNA and Proteins
An Interactive Education Tool for Secondary Schools and Undergraduate University Teaching
Arthropods of Economic Importance Agromyzidae of the World
The Agromyzidae (mining flies) are a highly diverse dipteran family of exclusively phytophagous species. The world fauna consists of about 2,750 species. Of these, some 110 species are known to occur on cultivated crops. A number of species are of particular importance, especially Liriomyza and Ophiomya.
Chironomidae Larvae Key to the Higher Taxa and Species of the Lowlands of Northwestern Europe
The Chironomidae form a cosmopolitan family of small nematocerous flies represented by some 1,300 species in the West Palaearctic Region. Chironomid larvae are widely distributed and the vast majority have aquatic juvenile stages which, on average, comprise one third of the invertebrate species in freshwater habitats. This usual abundance, and the fact that a number of species are pollution-tolerant, make chironomidae ideal indicator species in monitoring the quality of surface waters.
Flora Malesiana: Orchids of the Philippines Volume 1
The Philippines have a unique and rich orchid flora of almost 1000 species, of which about 74% are found nowhere else in the world.
Birds of Europe 'The handy birding tool'
Compiled by European ornithologists, Birds of Europe is a comprehensive source of information on 447 bird species. Detailed descriptions, full colour illustrations, sound recordings of birdcalls, pictures of eggs, video clips, and interactive maps depicting the summer, year-round and winter distribution.
Interactive Flora of the British Isles A Digital Encyclopedia
An encyclopaedic work, compiled from authoritative sources, and presenting an overview of the entire flora of the British Isles. It encompasses more than 3,500 taxa and includes all native and naturalized plants, all crop plants and all recurrent casuals.
